First Hawaii project cruise a success
After two years of delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Georgia Skidaway Institute scientists participated in their first cruise of their four-year project to study how dust in… Read more »
marine chemistry
UGA Skidaway Institute researcher wins prestigious chemistry prize
University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography emeritus professor Stuart Wakeham was recently named the 2021 recipient of the Alfred Treibs Award. The award was presented by the Organic Geochemistry… Read more »
Evening @ Skidaway programs resume in virtual format
The University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography will resume its Evening @ Skidaway speaker series on Tuesday, December 8, in a virtual format due to COVID-19 restrictions. The program… Read more »
COVID delayed Arctic researchers head home
UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Chris Marsay is currently onboard an icebreaker ship which, until last week, was frozen solid in the Arctic ice cap. Marsay is part of… Read more »
New high-tech microscope to bolster UGA Skidaway Institute’s microplastics research
A new, high-tech microscope is giving scientists at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography a tool to study the tiniest particles and organisms in our environment in a… Read more »
COVID-19 impacts Arctic research project
(Updated April 20, 2020) UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Chris Marsay is currently onboard an icebreaker ship that’s frozen solid in the Arctic ice cap. Marsay is part of… Read more »
Coronavirus causing change of plans for Arctic expedition
The COVID 19 pandemic may delay the return of UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Chris Marsay from the Arctic icecap. Marsay has been on board the German icebreaker Polarstern… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists to study aerosol dust’s impact on life and chemistry in the ocean
A team of University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientists has received a 4-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how dust in the atmosphere… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists prepare for groundbreaking Arctic expedition
UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography scientist Chris Marsay will spend much of the coming winter on board an ice breaker frozen solid in the Arctic ice cap. Marsay, working with… Read more »
UGA Skidaway Institute scientists investigate missing carbon mystery
Until now, scientists believed the black carbon in the ocean was introduced there by rivers. However, a new paper published in Nature Communications by a collaborative group of scientists, including… Read more »